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ROBERT JOE STOUT Mass at the Casa de Brigidas After a Workshop for Secundaria Mothers and FathersThe priest waved his hands across the railing as though each of seventy-some parents were Pinocchios attached invisibly to his adept and mobile fingers "your sons, your daughters, respect you and obey you…" Not an outward grunt or snicker but a silent twitching murmur - junior high kids, after all, lucky if they even hear us - "just as you respect, obey your Father, Creator…" of all the snares and dangers - drugs and sex drives, car wrecks, bomb threats - "forge the world He in His wisdom…" dumped upon us, we, adults by definition (but inside still really children trying to cope with angry spouses, friends in trouble, rising prices) "Turn away from earthly pleasures…" TV throbbing airline crashes, serial killings, stock fraud coupes "suffer here to gain Eternal…" Nuns picking at guimpes' starchy collars, mumbling their own childlessness problems "submit, receive His bounteous blessings…" mini-vans, new clothes, computers… Twisted on the cross above us, Christ, the martyr, gazing past revolving fans as we, the parents, nodded, thanked Him, "Father, that we love them…" and are loved, we hoped, a little in return. Copyright 2006, all rights retained by the poet |
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TERRY LOWENSTEIN Blueprints No Longer NeededThat March day we marveled at the space our wish list of rooms, materialized. Unpacked memories and dreams tissue wrapped in hope filled the corridors of reality. Home. Copyright 2004 Terry Lowenstein |
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